Railway-rail fastening



(No Model.) D. M. .MoRAE.

RAILWAY RAIL FASTENING.

Patented Nov. 27, 1888.

WITNESSES UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE DANIEL M. MORAE, OF BRUEGERHOFF, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO IVILLIAM H. TOBIN, OF TRAVIS COUNTY, TEXAS.

RAILWAY-RAIL FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 393,515, dated November 27, 1 888.

Application filed March 26, 1888. Serial No. 268,460.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL M. MORAE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brucgerhoff, in the county of Williamson and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Railway-Rail Fastenings, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in railway-rail fastenings; and it consists in the peculiar construction and combination of devices, that will be more fully set forth hereinafter, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of a railway-rail fastening devlce embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 1s a top plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line as w of Fig. 2. Fig. 4: is a detached perspective view of one of the chairs. Fig. 5 is a similar view of one of the securing-arms.

A represents the tie,which is made of wood, lron, or any other suitable material and has its ends beveled upwardly, as shown.

B represents a pair of chairs, which are made of cast or wrought metal, and are provided on their lower sides with seats or recesses 0, adapted to receive the ends of the tie, the said seats or recesses having their outer ends beveled at an angle corresponding to the inclination of the outer end of the tie, and thereby firmly seating the ends of the ties in the rear of the chairs, so that the chairs cannot move upwardly from the tie. On the upper side of each chair is a transverse shallow recess, D,a flange or shoulder,E, being formed at the outer end of the recess. At the inner end of the said recess, at the corners of the chair, are formed studs or ears F, which are provided on their inner sides with recesses G, adapted to receive one side of the base-plate of the rail. In the upper side of each chairB is a longitudinal slot, II, which is open at its inner end.

I represents a pair of securing-arms, which are of suitable length, are provided at their outer ends with studs 0r ears K, having the recesses L on their inner sides, and are provided at their inner ends with vertically-projecting lugs M.

(No model.)

The operation of my invention is as follows: The chairs are first secured on the ends of the tie. The arms I are then placed on the upper side of the tie, with their outer ends extended outward in the slots H,and the track-rails are then placed on the upper sides of the chair, with their lower sides extending over the arms I, and having their flanges engaging the recesses G and L in the opposing sides of the studs or cars of the chairs and securing'arms. A bolt is then inserted through aligned openings in the ears M, at the inner ends of the securing-rods, and a clamping-nut is secured to the said bolt, as shown, thereby drawing the arms I toward each other, and consequently causing them to clamp the bases of the rails firmly between their studs K and the studs F at the inner corners of the chairs. By this arrangement the rails are so firmly secured to the chairs and the chairs are so firmly secured to the ties that they cannot become accidently displaced.

This invention enables the spikes now employed to secure chairs and rails in place on the ties to be dispensed with, and greatly facilitates the operation of building a railway, as the ties, chairs, rails, and securing-arms may be assembled,when laying the traclgvery rapidly and with great case. In the event that it is necessary to replace a worn or broken rail with a new one, it is only necessary to remove the nut from the end of the clampingbolt that screws the arms I together in order to release the worn or broken rail. This enables a track to be repaired in a very short time without interfering with the running of the trains.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. The combination of the tie having upwardly-inclined ends,the chairs having the re cesses on their under sides to receive the ends of the tie,said recesses having their outer ends inclined to correspond with the inclination of the ends of the tie, and the clamping devices connecting the chairs together,and thereby securing them firmly on the ends of the tie, substantially as described.

2. The combination of the tie, the chairsfitted on the ends thereof and having the studs F at their inner corners and provided with the slots H, the arms I, having their studs K at their outer ends, said studs K and studs F being recessed on their opposing sides to fit the op- 5 posite sides ofthe base-flanges ofthe track-rails, and the clamping device connecting the inner ends of the arms I together, for the purpose set forth; substantially as described.

3. The combination of the tie, the chairs se IO cured thereto and having the studs 1? at their inner ends, the track-rails arranged on the chairs and having their inner sides bearing against the studs Rand the arms Lpassing under the track- *ailsdiaving the studs K at their outer ends hearing against the outer sides of 15 DANIEL M. MURAE.

\Vii nesses:

H. A. Frrzn'uon, WM. H. Torin. 

